Washtenaw County Historical Society
Overview
Mission
Operate a historical museum covering washtenaw county.
What it reported doing in 2024
Operate a museum displaying historical items of the area through changing exibits; produce quarterly newsletter with articles pertaining to th history of washtenaw county; offer periodic programsto the community about local county history. Approximately 1,025 people visited the museum; 1,825 newletters were issued. 126 people attended 3 different local history programs offered.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237075523
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 88
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.6%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 50.7%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 12.08; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.6% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $111K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 annual filings from 2017 to 2024
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.